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(Photo) Tiangong 2 Chinese Space Station passes over Canberra, Australia during evening twilight tonight

(Posted 17 October 2016) Thanks to Heavens-Above.com’s prediction service, I managed to image China’s Tiangong 2 space station passing over Canberra tonight.

China's Tiangong 2 space station passed over Canberra, Australia in evening twilight tonight. (c) 2016 Paul Floyd.
China’s Tiangong 2 space station passed over Canberra, Australia in evening twilight tonight. (c) 2016 Paul Floyd.

The relatively small size of the station and the brightness of evening twilight means that the station was difficult to locate. The station will be easier to spot once it becomes a little larger when Shenzhou 11 docks with it in the next two days.

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